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Dr Penny Jamieson
English-born New Zealander Penny Jamieson was the first woman in the world to be ordained a bishop of the Anglican Church
World's first female Anglican bishop appointed
Dr Penny Jamieson, who had been ordained as a priest in 1985, became the Anglican bishop of Dunedin − the first woman in the world to hold such a position. She retired in 2004.
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